Until my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
AL JARREAUUntil my knee said, “Uh-uh,” I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don’t like walking a lot, but I’ll push them.
More Al Jarreau Quotes
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My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball’s grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and Mark Kimball’s grandfather.
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I would still be singing, because it’s part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up.
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Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it’s not easy. You have to take direct steps.
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A very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.
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When you have that light in your eye, that you feel so good, and you’re a pleasant person to be around. “Good morning, sir. Did you find everything that you need?
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That’s why it’s so important for people today and during any time to expose your children to lots of different kinds of things.
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Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you’re going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain’t going to touch my stuff.
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I was age six or seven, and singing, “Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him,” and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.
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I watched Elvis Presley become – I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard.
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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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And there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling.
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Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.
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I don’t know where we got the notion that God wants us to suffer..
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and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
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I sang do-wop on the street corner before it was called do-wop.I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.
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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I’m washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles.
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To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about.
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I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
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You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.
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Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I’m telling you, it makes you a better husband, mother, father, neighbor, citizen.
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It was predicted in the grooves that we would be here sometime later on down the road.
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It’s all background experience and listening and exposure.
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I can sing some polkas. And proud of that.
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I think a singer is an athlete. I’ve always tried to stay fit.
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I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
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